Healthcare, Public Health, & Wellness

Improve the lives of others

Promoting wellness within today’s healthcare system requires more than medical expertise. Your education will encourage you to think critically and devise an academic pathway that will help you become a wellrounded professional. Become the caregiver you were meant to be by gaining skills in complementary disciplines that will help you provide the highest quality of care and advocate for the well-being of others by helping them make their voices heard.

• Join Willamette Alums at prestigious institutions like St. Jude’s Research Hospital, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Johns Hopkins University.

• Gain Hands-On Experience through internships at Salem Hospital or advocate for healthcare reform across the street from campus at the Oregon State Capitol.

• Build Technical Skills in our Human Cadaver Lab, Microscopy Lab, and Integrated Exercise and Health Science Lab.

• Study the Connections between health, the environment, and society and formulate strategies to promote healthcare equity and fight disease.

Complementary Fields of Study:

Biology / Business / Chemistry / Chinese Studies / Computer Science / Data Science / French & Francophone Studies / German / Global Cultural Studies / Japanese Studies / International Studies / Language Arts / Philosophy / Politics, Policy, Law, & Ethics / Psychology / Public Health / Russian / Sociology / Spanish

Expand your knowledge through a Co-Curricular Student Club

Biology Club / Burning Bright / Chemistry Club / Eye Health & Pre-Optometry Club / German Club / Institute for Healthcare Improvement & Health Professions Club / Sexual Assault Response Advocates / Spanish Club / Willamette Emergency Medical Services

Popular Courses

Physical Activity and Disease Prevention / Disease Epidemics / Death in America / Microbes, Infection, and Immunity / Health and the Global Environment / Global Health Through Film